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A, a
[edit]- abbadís
- abbati
- afbragð (“something that stands out above others of the same kind”), afbragðligr (“excellent above others”) - etymon of Norwegian avbragdslig, mentioned in the Norwegian Academy Dictionary
- Agðir - etymon of Norwegian Agder
- Apaldasin - etymon of Norwegian Abildsø
- Arnárdalr, Arnardalr - etymon of Norwegian Arendal
- Áslo - etymon of Norwegian Oslo
- afhenda - etymon of Norwegian avhende
- ábrúðigr - etymon of Norwegian åbruig
- afhent
- affǫr - departure
- *ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ (*austr) - mentioned in austr
- angraðr
- afbrygði - mentioned in afbrýði
- alda synir - mentioned in alda bǫrn
- aldregi - alternative form of aldrigi
- alnbogi, albogi - alternative forms of ǫlnbogi
- allraheilagra (“all hallows”)
- andboð - alternative form of annboð
- andvari (“gentle breeze; watchfulness, vigilance”)
- at- - mentioned in atburðr
- Auðvarðr - see Old Norse Játvarðr
- Auðunn
- auðmýkja - see Icelandic auðmýkja
- apr (“cold, chilly”) - see Icelandic napur
- Alviðra - see Norwegian Nynorsk Alver
- al- - see Norwegian Nynorsk Alver
- Atti - see Proto-Germanic *attô (“father, dad; forefather”)
- aldin - see Norwegian Nynorsk alde
Á, á
[edit]- ábóti
- ákaft
- áróss
- ábreizl, ábreizla - see Old Norse ábreiða
- áeggjanarfífl, áeggjanargreinir, áeggjanaróp, áeggja, áeggjari - see Old Norse áeggjan
- ánasótt - see Old Norse ái
- ákafr - see Old Norse ákafleikr
- Álandseyjar - see Old Norse Áland
- ámr, ámátligr - see Old Norse ámáttigr
- árla - see Old Norse ár
- áll (“gully, a deep narrow channel in sea or river”) - missing a sense mentioned Old Norse æla?
- át- - see Old Norse ætni
- Ásgísl, Ásgils - see Proto-Norse ᚨᛊᚢᚷᛁᛊᚨᛚᚨᛉ (asugisalaʀ)
- áklæði - see Norwegian Bokmål åkle
B, b
[edit]- bakborð, bakborði.
- barndómr (“childhood”)
- bilæti (“picture, image”)
- bimbull - etymon of Norwegian bimble, mentioned in the Norwegian Academy Dictionary
- bolli
- borrablað
- brinna
- broti - mentioned as the etymon of Norwegian bråte in the Norwegian Academy Dictionary
- brú (“bridge”). Note: not quite the same conjugation as in Icelandic
- brækne - fern or bracken fern; this is both Old Swedish[1] and Old Danish[2] so it may be Old Norse
- blómi - etymon of Icelandic blómi
- baðstofa
- baðkarl, baðstofumaðr
- bíldr
- brǿðrungr
- bærr, -bærr - descended from *bēriz
- balkr or bálkr (“beam, balk”)
- bjálki or bjalki
- bón
- Bretland
- byggð
- breyta
- *banki -
- brosma - etymon of Norwegian brosme
- bika
- bersi
- bit (“a bite”)
- bugi - alternative form of bogi
- bráðr
- bifa
- Bjǫrgyn - alternative form of Bjǫrgvin
- blíðr
- blámaðr
- bragr, bragi, bragnar
- broddhǫgg, broddskot, broddspjót, broddstafr, broddstǫng, broddǫr
- *bryggja
- bokkr
- burste
- brúskr
- bysja
- butta - alternative of bytta
- byttuaustr
- Bárøðr
- básúna
- bœki
- bulstr
- bóandi, buænder
- bumba (“drum, barrel”)
- Bǫðvarr - see bǫð
- banna - see bǿn
- blik - see dagblik
- bunki - see bunki
- breiða - see Norwegian Bokmål bre
- blys - see Icelandic blys
- byrðr - a burden
- búð and bóð - see Proto-Germanic *bōþō
- blakkr, blankr - see Proto-Germanic *blankaz
- bǫlkr - see Proto-Germanic *balkô
- beiti - see Old Norse beit
- bjarki - see Old Norse -ki
- birkibeinn - see Norwegian Bokmål birkebeiner
- bjúga, búga - see Proto-Germanic *beuganą
- boldi - see Middle Norwegian boldi
- bezt - see bazt
- Bágahús - etymon of Bohus, as in Bohus Fortress(?)
- bunga (“an elevation, bulge”) - see English bunion
- bleyði - see blauðr
- baggi, bǫggr - see Swedish bagge
- brú - see Old Norse Gjallarbrú
- bágr - see Proto-Germanic *bēgaz
- boði - see fangboði
- bik - etymon of Icelandic bik and Norwegian Bokmål bek
D, d
[edit]- Danir
- Drafn - etymon of Norwegian Drammen
- dres (“a cleaved road to be ridden on by a horse”)
- drífa - mentioned in the etymology of drive and also drífa itself
- drǫfn (“wave”)
- dyna, dynja - etymon of Norwegian done / dune
- dreki
- dymbil or dymbill? - In such as dymbildagar (the three days before Easter) / dymbildagavika (Holy week) / dymbilnótt (the three days before Easter). Etymon of Norwegian dimling and Icelandic dymbill
- dáligr
- dá
- dár
- dálkr
- dregg (“sediment”)
- dunga - see Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ-
- dúnn
- dún
- danr - see Old Norse danskr
- dans - see Old Norse dansleikr
- darraður - see Old Norse darr
- dauðligr - mortal
- dyntr - see Old Norse detta
- digr - big
- dikta
- dimma - related to dimmr
- dofna - see Icelandic dofna
- doðinn, doðna - see Icelandic doði
- dolgr - see Old Norse Dolgþrasir
- drikka - alternative form of drekka
- dul f (“concealment, secret; self-conceit, pride”)
- dula (“to deny”)
- dulr (“silent, close”)
- Duneyrr
- Duraþrór
- dæll - see Old Norse dælleikr
- Dómaldr
- døkkna (“to darken”)
- døkkva (“to darken; to make dark”)
- døkkvi m (“a dark spot”)
- djór - animal, alternative form
- dœl, dœlskr - see Old Norse dœld
- dǫggvan f (“bedewing; irrigation”)
- dǫggving f (“irrigation”)
- dropóttr - see freknóttr
- dallr, dǫll - see Heimdallr
- Mardǫll - see Heimdallr
- dís - see Hjǫrdís
- dómstóll - see Icelandic dómstóll
- dœgri - see Old Norse jafndœgri
- deild - see Norwegian Nynorsk deild
- dán - see Proto-Finnic *topi
- dá - see Estonian tõbi
- doppa - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål dobb
Ð, ð
[edit]E, e
[edit]- Eikund - etymon of Norwegian Eigerøya
- Eikundarsund - etymon of Norwegian Eigersund / Egersund
- -era - etymon of -ere
- esja
- Eyvindr - a male given name
- eldast
- enda
- Ęngland
- England
- Ermland - Armenia
- enska - English
- elskr (“dear, beloved”)
- eða (“or”)
- ella, ellar, elligar (“or”)
- eln - from Proto-Germanic *alinō
- elmi - related to almr
- efan - see Old Norse efanleikr
- ei - not?
- einngi, eingi, øngvi - see Old Norse engi
- eirð (“help, mercy”) - see Faroese Eir (+ eir is missing a sense)
- Eirekr - alternative form of Eiríkr
- eiði - alternative form of eið
- eildr - alternative form of eldr
- eptir á - see Norwegian Bokmål etterpå
- erfiðr - see Icelandic erfiður
- ey - missing sense of "luck"? See Old Norse Eysteinn
- eikinn - see -inn
- einfaldr - see Icelandic einfaldur
- eski - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål eske
- Elgr - etymon of Norwegian Nynorsk Elg
- Eir - see Old Norse eir
- einmenningr - see Norwegian Nynorsk einmenning
É, é
[edit]F, f
[edit]- fálma
- fársótt - pestilence?
- finn, finnar - sami person?
- Finnmǫrk - Finnmark, in Norway
- fiskari - fisherman? etymon of Danish and Norwegian fisker (“fisherman”)
- fjúrtán, fjǫgurtán (“fourteen”) - variants of fjórtán
- fleinn (“hook, barbed weapon, javelin, arrow”)
- flina
- fleiri - more?
- frest
- form (“form, shape”)
- fólgsn (“hiding place, hidden port”)
- fuðflogi - into Middle Norwegian fuðfloge - "a cunt refugee". See the Norwegian law: "firi þat at hann flyr festar kono sina. þa scolo þingmenn gera hann utlagan. oc heiter hann þa fuðfloge"
- físa
- fata
- faðma
- filla or -filla
- fjugurtán, fjugrtán
- fávitr
- frændbarn
- flík (noun) and flíka (verb)
- fól (“fool, idiot”) - cognate with English "fool", loanword?
- fórn
- frœði - mentioned as etymon in Icelandic fræði
- fǫnn
- fantr
- flosa (“waste, trash”) - mentioned here https://naob.no/ordbok/floss_1
- flaska - etymon of Icelandic flaska
- frétt
- Frigg
- *farr - see Proto-Germanic *farhaz
- fljót river
- fǫðr/-fǫðr - see Old Norse Aldafǫðr
- forseti - etymon of Icelandic forseti
- frjá and frjándi - see Old Norse frændi (“friend”)
- flesk, fleski
- feta - alternative form of fata
- faðrigar - earlier form of feðgar
- fiðr - alternative form of finnr (it's blue, but missing this sense)
- Fiðr - see Old Norse Finnr
- fiska - to fish; blue but missing sense
- flautir - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål fløte
- *floti - singular of flotnar
- floti - etymon of Icelandic floti
- fljúga - blue link, but missing sense as alternative form of fluga
- flóðr, flóð - see Icelandic flóð
- flœða - see Norwegian Nynorsk flø
- foss - see Icelandic foss
- fyrir- - see Proto-Germanic *furi-
- frakki, Frakki - see Proto-Germanic *frankô
- freistinn - see freistni
- frekna - see Old Norse freknóttr
- frilla - see Old Norse friðla
- friðluborinn - see Old Norse friðla
- friðlumaðr - see Old Norse friðla
- friðlusonr - see Old Norse friðla
- frjals - see Old Norse frjalsleikr
- frauðr - see Proto-Germanic *frauþaz
- frár, frór - see Proto-Germanic *frawaz
- frova - alternative form of Old Norse frouva
- frægr - see Old Norse Frægr
- frænka, frenka
- frændkona
- frændsemi
- Frísir
- Frísland
- fróa (“to relieve, feel relief”)
- frœkn, frœkiliga, frœkleikr, frœknligr - see frœkinn
- frœkleikr - see frœknleikr
- fyndr - see fundr
- fúra - see fýri
- fuþ - see fuð
- fitje
- fýrr - see Norwegian Bokmål fyr
- fyr - see fyrir
- fyrr en - see fyrr
- fyr- - see fyrtelja
- fǫlnan
- fǫlski
- fífl
- fjǫlkunnigr - see Old Norse kunnigr
- fang - see Icelandic fang
- Folló - see Old Norse ló
- fjǫlð - see Proto-Germanic *felu
- feita - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål fete
- *fæitmi - see Danish fedme
- Flesjaland - mentioned in Wikipedia article "Flesland"
- flekkr - see Old Norse flekkóttr
- fǿrr, fœrr - see Icelandic fær
- fægja - see Icelandic fægja
- flakka - see Icelandic flakka
- fukka - see English fuck
- fúrr, fýr, fýrir, funi - see Proto-Germanic *fōr (“fire”)
- fríandi, frjándi - see Proto-Germanic *frijōndz
- frjá, fría - see Proto-Germanic *frijōną
- flaki - see Proto-Finnic *laki (“ceiling”)
- fanga - see Proto-Germanic *fangōną
- fangi - see Danish fange (Etymology 2)
- forkr - see Proto-West Germanic *furkō
G, g
[edit]- glípna (“to be downcast”) or glúpna. See Middle English glopnen, English gloppen.
- glámsyni
- Glaumr, glaumr
- glitra - etymon of Norwegian glitre
- gøra, gørva
- glóa
- gustr (“a gust, blast”) - mentioned in the etymology of English gust and Icelandic gustur
- glas, glaskeri - mentioned in Icelandic "glas"
- gant or *gant - likely where the word genta comes from
- gyðingr (“jew”)
- Gyrðr
- glópr
- grani
- *grundr
- gerr, gørr
- gelda - to castrate?
- gems - see gemsmikill
- gengiligr - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål gjengelig
- gørð - see gerð
- ginn- (“very; mighty”) - see ginnheilagr
- ginnungr - see Ginnungagap
- gáfa - a gift
- Gjaflaug - see Gjaflaugr
- glǫggr - see gløggr
- gnísta - see gnísting
- gniða - see gnísting
- Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”) - see Goth
- grǫf - see grafa
- grannr - see grannleikr
- grend - see Norwegian Nynorsk grend
- greypr - see greypleikr
- Grikkjaland - see grikkr
- gríma - see gríma
- grimmr - see grimmleikr
- grǿnleikr - see grœnleikr
- Gufudalir - see gufa
- Gufunes - see gufa
- Gufuskálar - see gufa
- gola - see gula
- gol - see Icelandic gola
- goll - see Icelandic gull
- Goðrún - see Guðrún
- glófi - see Icelandic glófi
- gljúfr - see Dutch gleuf
- gjǫlnar - see Icelandic gella
- grotti - etymon of Norwegian "grotte" (round piece of wood that surrounds the spigot on the axle and fills the hole in the base stone)
- geispa - to yawn
- gráðigr - greedy
- gandr - see Old Norse Jǫrmungandr
- g- - see Proto-Germanic *ga-
- galgi - see Proto-Germanic *galgô
- gjóðr - see Norwegian Nynorsk jo
- gœða - see Norwegian Bokmål gjøde
- gøyr - see Norwegian Nynorsk gjø
- gói, gœ - see Norwegian Nynorsk gjø
- gripr - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål gribb
- *gormr - see Icelandic gormur
- gegn, í gegn - see Jamtish igjann
- Guðr - mentioned in Gunnr
- Guð - see Old Norse gyðingr
- gyðlingr - see Old Norse gyðingr
- geyma - see Icelandic geyma
- grœnska - see Norwegian Bokmål grønske
- grǿnska - see Norwegian Nynorsk grønska
- gói (“late winter”), gæ - see Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm (“winter; year”)
- Gjöll - see Old Norse Gjallarbrú
- Gjǫll - mentioned in the Wikipedia article Gjöll
- *geilr, geiligr - see Proto-Germanic *gailaz
- -geðr - see Old Norse harðgeðr
- garn - see Icelandic garn
- gísl - see Proto-Germanic *gīslaz
- Gautland
H, h
[edit]- Haddingjadalr - the Halling Valley (Norwegian: Hallingdal), from Snl.no
- haddingjar - a person from Haddingjadalr (Halling valley)
- hei
- hey
- hjalparlauss - helpless
- hlǿgja - to make someone laugh, fun/happy
- holmr
- hrapa
- hunang (“honey”) - it's only blue because of Icelandic
- *hunag - see Proto-Germanic *hunagą
- hvílíkr, hvatke, hvetke, hvertke, hverke
- hneisa
- háfr
- hljómr
- húskarl
- húfa
- *hrams - reconstructed, mentioned in the Norwegian Academy Dictionary as etymon of Norwegian rams (“ramson”). Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *hramusō (“ramson, wild garlic”)?
- hreistr - fish scales
- hvein (“gorse, furze”)
- hrufa and hrjúfr - both possibly related to Proto-Germanic *hreubaz
- *hlenkr - mentioned in Proto-Germanic *hlankiz
- *hánn - mentioned in Old Norse hann
- hveim - etymon of Norwegian hvem
- haki
- handrit
- hrífa
- hęill - mentioned in Old Norse heill
- hoppa
- hrista
- hosa - dúkr
- hérna - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål herre
- herri - alternative form of herra
- hrím - see Icelandic hrím
- halli - see Norn hallj
- hannarr - see Old Norse Hanarr
- hengja - see Icelandic hengja
- -ka - see Old Norse harka
- haustr - earlier form of Icelandic haust
- helvíti - see Icelandic helvíti
- hola - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål hule
- helsingr - see Old Norse Helsingjaland
- Hel - see helviti
- hepti - see Hepti
- hjarnamænir - see hjarni
- hjá (“household”) - see hjá
- hvél - see hjól
- hlǫkk - see Hlǫkk
- hlakka - see Hlǫkk
- hnøri - see Icelandic hnerri
- hnoða - see Proto-Germanic *hneudaną
- hremma - see Old English hramma
- hraustr - see hraustleikr
- hvalhross - see hrosshvalr
- Hróðulfr - see Old Norse Hrólfr
- Hróð- - see Old Norse Hróðný
- hund- - see Proto-Germanic *hundą
- hákerling - see Old Norse hákarl
- Háleygjafylkí - Hålogaland
- hrá - see Old Norse hár
- hǫ́n - see Old Norse hón
- hæfr - see Norwegian Nynorsk hæv
- hyski, hýski - see Old Norse hús
- hjú - see Old Norse hús
- Hǫrðaland - see Old Norse hǫrðar
- hind - see Icelandic hind
- holkr - see Icelandic hólkur
- hlít - see Norwegian Nynorsk lit
- hala
- Hálogi
- halr - see Icelandic halur
- Hafrsló - see Old Norse ló
- haugʀ, hæri - see Proto-Germanic *hauhaz
- hǫss - see Proto-Germanic *haswaz
- hǽrr - see Proto-Germanic *hairaz
- handla, hǫndla - see Swedish handla
- hjarðmaðr - see Icelandic hjarðmaður
- hlíta - see Icelandic hlíta
- hleypa - see Icelandic hleypa
- hólmganga - see Icelandic hólmganga
- horr - see Icelandic hor
- hali - see Icelandic hali
- hopast - see Norwegian Bokmål håpe
- húsa - see Norwegian Bokmål huse
- Hallþórr - see Old Norse Halldórr
- hræðiligr - see Swedish rälig
- hæð - see Norwegian Bokmål høyde
- hnǫggr, *hniggw - see etymology of English niggard
- hlíf - see Icelandic hlíf
- Herað - a municipality in Vest-Agder, called Herad/Herred in modern Norwegian. From Wikipedia: The municipality (originally the parish) is named Herred (Old Norse: Herað) since the first Herad Church was built there. The name is identical to the word herað which means "village" or "hamlet".
- hœgindi - see Danish hynde
- Haugasund, Haugar - from Wikipedia article "Haugesund": The municipality (and the town) is named after the Haugesundet strait (Old Norse: Haugasund), which is named after the old Hauge farm (Old Norse: Haugar).
- halslausn - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål halsløsning
- hnappr - etymon of Icelandic hnappur
I, i
[edit]- -ingr, -ingi
- innarr, innar-
- if - alternative form of ef
- iða or *iða - see Iðavǫllr
- -ir - see Old Norse reynir
- Ingvarr - see Yngvarr
- Ingi, Yngvi-Freyr - see Yngvi
- iglr - see Proto-Germanic *egalaz
- iðja - see Icelandic iðja
Í, í
[edit]- íð (“deed”)
- íslenzkr
- í hel - apparently descendant of Old Norse hel, but probably just a derived term?
- ímót - see Norwegian Nynorsk imot
- ímunlaukr (“battle-leek; sword”) - a derived term of Old Norse ímun
- ímunborð (“battle-board; shield”) - a derived term of Old Norse ímun
- ígulkǫttr - see Swedish igelkott
J, j
[edit]- jarn
- jarpi - hazel grouse
- Jakobsland - see Old Norse Galiza
- jamti - see Swedish Jämtland
- júðr or *júðr - see Proto-Germanic *ūdarą (“udder”)
- Jǫrmunr
- jah - see Proto-Germanic *jahw
- jaga - see Proto-West Germanic *jagōn
K, k
[edit]- Kalfr, Kalven - Kalfr male given name, which supposedly comes from Kalven, information taken from Wikipedia
- Kalsøe - etymon of the Norwegian island Karlsøya
- kápa, whence Icelandic kápa, Danish kåbe
- kapp
- Karl - a male given name
- Karli, Karle, Kalli - see Old Norse karl
- karmr - from the etymology of karm
- Kaupmannahǫfn - Copenhagen
- kokkr - cock?
- kórr - chorus or choir?
- Kǫrmt - from the etymology of Karmøy
- kraki - source of English Kraken according to etymologies here, but the dictionary of Old Icelandic defines it as "pale, stake; thin pole; a kind of drag or boat-hook" which is not obviously cognate with either the "crooked tree" or "sea monster" sense of krake
- klof - from the etymology of Norwegian klov
- karskr
- korf
- klína (“to smear”)
- kjarni - descended from Germanic *kernô
- kvenir, kvænir - etymon of kven
- kirna - mentioned as a verb and noun in Danish kærne
- knylla - mentioned in Proto-Germanic *knuzlijaną
- knosa - mentioned in Danish knuse
- knappr - etymon of Norwegian knapp
- kjǫt, kjot - etymon of Norwegian kjøtt
- krankr
- krús - see Swedish krus and Danish krus etc
- kǫngurváfa
- kempa
- kólna
- kafafjúk
- kóf
- kofi - see Norwegian Nynorsk kove
- kveldverðr - see Old Norse verðr
- kvæði - see Icelandic kvæði
- klæði - dúkr
- koparr - copper
- kók (“mouth; gullet”) - see English cheek
- klútr - see Norwegian Bokmål klut
- kagi or *kagi - see Proto-Germanic *kagô
- kóki or *kóki - see Proto-Germanic *kōkô
- kisa, kausi, kisi - all mentioned in Old Norse ketta
- kleyfr - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål kløyv
- kœnn - see "kunna"
- kváma - etymon of Icelandic koma (“arrival”)
- konr or *konr - see Icelandic konar
- kos - see Old Norse koseyrir
- Kvásir - see Old Norse Kvasir
- kynligr - see Old Norse kynligleikr
- kíll - see Old Norse Kíli
- kœpa and kópa (“to stare”) - see Old Norse kópr
- kobbi - see Old Norse selr
- krá, kró - see Icelandic krá
- klót - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål klot
- kok - see Icelandic kok
- kœla, kǿla - see Norwegian Bokmål kjøle
- *koðla - Proto-Germanic *kudilǭ
- kragi - see Faroese kragi
- ketlingr - see Icelandic kettlingur
- Katanes - Caithness, in Scotland
- kǿna, kani - see Icelandic kæna
- kœna, Kænir - see Old Norse Kænugarðr
- Kiænugarðr, Kœnugarðr - see Old Norse Kænugarðr
- kringr - two different etymologies according to Faroese kringur
- kífa - see Icelandic kífa
- kussa (“cow”) - see Icelandic kusa
- kussi (“bull calf”) - see Icelandic kusa
- kárr (“curly-haired”) - see Faroese Kári
- Kári (“gust of wind”) - see Icelandic Kári
- kári - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål kåre
- *kǫlr - see Proto-Germanic *kalwaz
- keypa - see Proto-Germanic *kaupijaną
- kumli - etymon of Norwegian "kumle/komle"
- kross - etymon of Icelandic kross
- Kolbjǫrn - etymon of Faroese Kolbjørn
- knapi - see Proto-West Germanic *knappō
- kneppa - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål kneppe
- kundr - etymon of Icelandic kundur
- kǫppustein - related to Norwegian Bokmål kampestein, mentioned in naob.no
L, l
[edit]- landnám
- laupr
- liga
- lík
- lǿkr
- léparðr, léoparðr
- lýta
- lǫggra
- -litr
- -leikr
- -leitr
- loka
- leistr
- líka
- lím (“glue”)
- lagliga - see Old Norse aflagliga (“unlawfully”)
- Laxárdalr - see lax
- leðja - see Icelandic leðja
- ljóðr - older form of lýðr
- langframi (“lasting fame”) - see Old Norse frami
- lǫpp (“paw”) - see Old Norse fótr
- klǿr (“claws”) - see Old Norse fótr
- lyginn - see -inn
- líða - see Icelandic líða
- leiðsaga - see Norwegian Bokmål ledsage
- linnormr - see Old Norse linnr
- l and ll - see Old Norse ꝇ
- leyna - see Old Norse laun
- lóg - see Proto-Germanic *lōgą
- leifr - see Old Norse Leifr
- leir - see Icelandic leir
- leifa - see Icelandic leifa
- linr - see Old Norse linleikr
- litmosi - see Old Norse litr
- léa - see Old Norse ljá
- ljóða - see Faroese ljóða. See onp.ku.dk as an alternative form of hljóða? By etymology, they ain't same at all.
- lofa - see Icelandic lofa
- lygn - see Old Norse logn
- láð - see Old Norse láðvǫrðr
- lækir, lækna - see Old Norse læknir
- líkna - see Icelandic líkna
- lóa - see Icelandic ló
- lón - see Old Norse Lóni
- ljúka - see Old Norse lúka
- langbarðr - see English Lombard
- Ljótr - see Icelandic ljótr
- Lundún, Lundúnaborg - see Old Norse Lundúnir
- lykta, lykting - see Old Norse lykt
- lág - see Old Norse lǫg
- los, losna - see Proto-Germanic *lusą (“loss”)
- lǫm - see Old Norse mǫl
- -leysa - see Old Norse vitleysa
- -líkr - see Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
- laða - see Proto-Germanic *laþōną
- leif - see Proto-Germanic *laibō
- lín - see Proto-Norse ᛚᛁᚾᚨ (lina)
- lævirki - see Proto-Germanic *laiwarikǭ
- lyndi - see Icelandic lyndi
- lok - see Norwegian Bokmål lokk (Etymology 1)
- lokkr - see Norwegian Bokmål lokk (Etymology 2)
- lausn - see Icelandic lausn
- leysa - see Faroese loysa
- langvé - see Norwegian Nynorsk lomvi
- lokka - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål lokke
M, m
[edit]- manneskja - etymon of Norwegian menneske
- margfalldliga (maybe related to margr, faldr, -ligr, margfaldr, margfaldligr)
- I've read that there is a Latin and Old Norse conjugation of amare and elska once found in an manuscript of an Edda. B. M. Ólsen's Den tredje og fjærde grammatiske afhandling i Snorres Edda (1884) is said to contain in. In google books snippets of that book one can find for example "ET PLURALITER, ok margfalldliga" and "FUTURO TEMPORE, a ouordnum tima" next to inflected forms of amare and most likely (I can't judge it) of elska.
From Islands grammatiske litteratur i middelalderen, p. 156 ff.: "ET PLURALITER, ok margfalldliga", "IMPERATIUO MODO, med bodligum hètte", "CONIUNCTIUO MODO, med samteingiligum hètte", "(O)-PTATIUO MODO, med èskiligum hætte", "PRESENTI TEMP(ORE), aa naalegum tima" [aa is melted into a ligature similar to ae = æ], "FUTURO TEMPORE, a ouordnum tíma" & "FUTURO, au-uordnum tíma", "TERTIAM PERSON(AM), ok hina þridiu grein". -80.133.103.100 19:16 & 23:59, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- I've read that there is a Latin and Old Norse conjugation of amare and elska once found in an manuscript of an Edda. B. M. Ólsen's Den tredje og fjærde grammatiske afhandling i Snorres Edda (1884) is said to contain in. In google books snippets of that book one can find for example "ET PLURALITER, ok margfalldliga" and "FUTURO TEMPORE, a ouordnum tima" next to inflected forms of amare and most likely (I can't judge it) of elska.
- maula
- malurt
- menskr - human?
- mjaldi
- Moldar - etymon of Norwegian Molde
- moldr (“skull, mold”)
- mynda
- mónuðr (Mentioned in Danish måned), mánuðr (Mentioned in Old Norse mánaðr)
- múrr (“wall”)
- múll and múli
- móna
- munkr
- mark - etymon of Icelandic mark
- mit
- mundr
- málsverðr, matarverðr - see Old Norse verðr
- mykr - see English muck
- mǿðgur, mǿðgin - see Old Norse feðgar
- mykill - alternative form of mikill
- miðdagr, miðr dagr, miðdegi
- meisingr
- mjalli and mjöll - see Icelandic mjalli
- mosi (“moss”) - see Faroese mosi
- *mos (“moss”) - mentioned in Proto-Germanic *musą
- mála - see Norwegian Bokmål male
- mangr, mor - see Old Norse margr
- mós/*mós - Proto-Germanic *mōsą
- mýra - Proto-Germanic *miurijǭ
- *meiðm - Proto-Germanic *maiþmaz
- mjalʀ - see Norman mielle
- mǿrr (“marshland”) - see Old Norse Mǿrr
- mœna - see Faroese møna
- missari - see Old Norse misseri
- *mistil - see Proto-Germanic *mistilaz
- mjólk - see Proto-Germanic *melkaz
- myln - see Old Norse Mjǫllnir
- mjǫll - see Old Norse Mjǫllnir
- mǫr, mœrr - see Proto-Germanic *mōraz
- mási - see Faroese mási
- *máki - see Proto-Germanic *maiwaz
- mæla - missing etymology from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną, see Icelandic mæla
- Mímr - alternative form of Old Norse Mímir
- munda - see Proto-Germanic *mundōną
- matask - see Old Norse mata
- mund (“protector”) - missing sense of "protector"? See Old Norse Geirmundr
- móa - see Swedish mogen
- miðli, í miðli, milli, á milli, á millu, ímillum, í millum - all mentioned in Old Norse í milli
- mús - etymon of Danish mus
- múta - etymon of Icelandic múta
N, n
[edit]- nefnd (“denomination, name, tribunal”) - Has Icelandic but missing Old Norse, which is the etymon for Norwegian nemnd (“committee”)
- Norðvegr (“Norway”), *Norðrvegr (Mentioned in norðr)
- Norvegr (“Norway”) - see Old Norse Noregr
- næstr (“next”) - etymon of Norwegian neste (“next”)
- niðar
- -ning, -ningr
- hnykill
- ne
- náttúra (“nature”) - from Latin
- Nórr
- nauðr - see Proto-Germanic *naudiz
- -n- - see Old Norse -naðr
- ná- - near-
- ne eigi - see Old Norse eigi
- norn - see Icelandic norn
- námdúkr - see Old Norse dúkr
- -ný - see Old Norse Hróðný
- náttarþel - see Middle English nyghtertale
- Naddr - see Old Norse naddr
- nafra (“to pierce or bore with an auger”) - see French navrer
- nafna - see English namesake
- nebbi - see Proto-Germanic *nabją
- nagli - see Old Norse negla
- napr - see Old Norse nepja
- nöp (“chilliness”) - see Icelandic napur
- nátturðr - see Old Norse verðr
- næmr - see Old Norse næmleikr
- ný (“new moon”) - see Old Norse Nýi
- nýráðliga (“oddly, queerly”) - see Old Norse Nýráðr
- -nir - see Old Norse raufnir
- Nástrǫnd - see Old Norse strǫnd
- nesta (“brace; fastener, strap”) - see English lanyard
- nýligr, nýliga - see Norwegian Bokmål nylig
O, o
[edit]- op - mentioned as the etymon of åp in the Norwergian Academy Dictionary
- of- - see Icelandic of-
- of sinni - see Old Norse sinni
Ó, ó
[edit]- ó-
- Óslo, Ósló - etymon of Norwegian Oslo
- ógn - see Icelandic ógn
- ómr, óman - see Scanian ámmen
- ógur - see Old Norse ógurleikr
- óask - see Old Norse Óinn
Ø, ø
[edit]Œ/Ǿ, œ/ǿ
[edit]Ǫ/Ö, ǫ/ö
[edit]- ǫrk - chest? Norwegian "ark" descends from this word.
- ǫlnliðr
- ǫ́ - missing entry for letter of the alphabet, as well as capital version of the letter
- Ǫlund - etymon of Norwegian municipality Ølen
P, p
[edit]- pappir - paper?
- pors - a plant
- príss - price?
- pípa
- punktr - dot, point?
- perla - pearl?
- pungr - etymon of Norwegian "pung"
- pikkr - etymon of Norwegian "pikk"
- pengr, peningr - etymon of Norwegian "penge"
- plóma
- posi
- pinni - see Icelandic pinni
- prúðr - see Old Norse prúðleikr
- prinz - see Icelandic prins
- penningr - coin
- písl - torment
- prýði - see Icelandic prýði
- præstr - priest
- pottr - see Icelandic pottur
- púki - see Icelandic púki
- paradís - see Finnish paratiisi
- pilz - see Danish pels
- prjónn - see Proto-Germanic *preunaz
R, r
[edit]- raumar, raumr
- Raumelfr - name of the lower part of the Norwegian river Glomma
- Roþrslandi (“the land of rowing”)
- reikna
- rúmheilagr
- Rams - given name?
- róst
- raun
- repta (“bellow or burp”)
- rangsœlis
- réttsœlis
- rygr
- rjúmi - etymon of Icelandic rjómi
- Ratatoskr - etymon of Icelandic Ratatoskur
- rosmhvalr - see Esperanto rosmaro
- rosm (“red, red-brown”) - see translingual Rosmarus
- rǫð - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål rad
- rakkr - see Old Norse hugrakkr
- *roðka
- Rǫgnvaldr
- Rogaland - see Norwegian Nynorsk Rogaland
- rygir m pl (“the people living in Rogaland”)
- rýmr - see Old Norse mýrr
- rann - see Icelandic rann
- -rǿðr - see Old Norse nírǿðr
- ragn- - see Old Norse Ragnhildr
- Ragnveig - see Norwegian Rannveig
- reki, landreki - see Proto-Germanic *rekô
- roskinn - see Icelandic roskinn
- rostungr - see Old Norse rosti
- rustr - see Proto-Germanic *rustaz
- rotna - see Icelandic rotna
- runa - see Old Norse runi
- rúni - see Old Norse Rúni
- radd- - see Proto-Germanic *razdō
- rǫskr - see Old Norse rǫskleikr
- róða - see Proto-Germanic *rōdō
- reysta - see Proto-Germanic *raustijaną
- rómverjar, rómverskr - see Old Norse þýðverskr
- ribbaldi - see English ribald
S, s
[edit]- sápa - soap?
- séa
- Skiða, Skiðan - Old Norse name of the modern city Skien in Norway (Norwegian Wiki says Skiðan, English wiki says Skiða). Also perhaps the original name for some river in the area.
- skiða - the word which the city above is derived from, means 'straight plank' according to English wiki, and 'split log' according to Norwegian wiki.
- Skiđusýsla - etymon of Norwegian Skiensysla
- skræll / *skræll?
- skrælingaland
- skrælingaskip
- skrælna
- skóli - school?
- skúta - etymon of Norwegian skute
- slangi
- smekkr - descendant from *smakkuz
- sníkja
- stofa
- stoga
- stokkr
- storkna
- stufa
- sund
- svína
- sýra - acid?
- spyrjast
- -sla - as in hræzla
- systrungr
- -s
- -sk
- sleði
- sínir
- seinn
- sneiða
- skyldingi
- spað
- snæfr, snǿfr
- Sverðvík (“Svelvik; a town in Drammen”)
- strá
- smíla or smila (“to smile”) - both mentioned a few places on Wiktionary.
- slápr
- skeið
- skortr - etymon of Icelandic skortur (“shortage”)
- snjár
- skabb - etymon of Norwegian skabb (“scabies”)
- svárr
- smjǫr, smør, smjor
- samband
- sjóðr
- safna
- samna
- sæing
- stífla
- sokkva (“to sink”)
- skokki
- Svíaríki (“Sweden”)
- Svíþjóð (“Sweden”)
- Svía
- svíi - see Icelandic Svíi
- *sváf
- slátr and slátra - slaughter
- *slahtr - slaughter
- spóla
- skuggi - shadow
- skyggja, skyggva - to shadow
- *smíla - to smile
- stalli - mentioned in altari
- spjót - spear or lance
- spinnil - see Swedish spindel (and also Norwegian Nynorsk spindelvev)
- snubba
- séa, siá - alternative forms of sjá (“to see”)
- sási - earlier form of sjá (“this, that”)
- sæla
- strádeyja (“to die a straw death”)
- stó - see Icelandic stó
- saumr - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål søm
- spjǫrr - see Icelandic spjör
- stjala - alternative form of Old Norse stela
- spor - see Icelandic spor
- skalli - see Icelandic skalli
- sumarr (“summer”) - see Old Norse haust
- síðarri - see Old Norse hindri
- stakkr - see Icelandic stakkur
- sopi - soup?
- Svalbarð - Svalbard
- slǫngva, sløngva
- sœma - see Old Norse sama
- sǿma - see Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną
- snókr, snákr - see Danish snog
- stúpa - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål stupe
- sprækr - see Norwegian Bokmål sprek
- spilla - see Norwegian Bokmål spille
- sparka - see Norwegian Bokmål sparke
- skot, bakkakolfr - see Old Norse kolfskot
- són, sonar- - see Proto-Germanic *swōnō
- smyrva - see Icelandic smyrja
- sigg - see Proto-Indo-European *sek-
- stíra or stira - see Norwegian Bokmål stirre or Danish stirre
- stengja - see Norwegian Bokmål stenge
- stallr - see Estonian tald
- svik - see Icelandic svik
- svána - see Icelandic svona
- stolpi - see Norwegian Bokmål stolpe
- samnafni - see Old Norse nafni
- spíra - see Icelandic spíra
- sálugr - see Norwegian Nynorsk sål
- spraka - see Proto-Germanic *sprekaną
- sifi, sifjungr - see Icelandic sifji
- spaði - see Faroese spaði
- staumr, stauma, steyma - see Proto-Germanic *staumaz
- stefna - see Proto-Germanic *stebnō
- síma - see Icelandic síma
- silja? - missing term in Proto-Germanic *silô
- seljumenn - see Old Norse seljumannamessa
- Sif - see Icelandic Sif
- síga, siginn - see Old Norse signa
- Sikiley - see Icelandic Sikiley
- sína - to dry (up)? Possibly related to sina (“withered grass”)
- sindra (“to sparkle”) - see Old Norse Sindri
- sjúkna (“to become sick”) - see Old Norse sjúknaðr
- skǫr - see Old Norse skari
- skarðr - see Old Norse skart
- skekkja - see Icelandic skekkja
- skipta - see Icelandic skipta
- skirpa - see Old Norse Skirfir
- spýta - see Icelandic spýta
- skraut - see Old Norse skrautleikr
- skygn - see Old Norse skygnleikr
- skyldugr - see Old Norse skyldugleikr
- skærr - see Old Norse skærleikr
- skœðr - see Old Norse skœðleikr
- smokka - see Old Norse smjúga
- smíð - see Old Norse smíða
- snarr - see Old Norse snarleikr
- snarpr - see Old Norse snarpleikr
- skurðr - see Icelandic skurður
- skúrr - see Norwegian Bokmål skur
- skriða - see Icelandic skriða
- skuggsjá - see Old Norse spegill
- spíkr - see Swedish spik
- stubbi - see Old Norse stabbi
- *stá - see Swedish stå
- steikja - see Icelandic steikja
- steig - see Old Norse stíga
- stuð, stoð - see Proto-Germanic *stuþs
- stǫpla - see Old Norse stǫpull
- staðna - see Old Norse stǫðva
- svangi - see Icelandic svangur
- sveigr - see Old Norse sveipr
- svát - see Old Norse svá
- slíkr - see Proto-Germanic *swalīkaz
- Sygnafylki - see Old Norse sygnir
- spenna - see Icelandic spenna
- sárr - see Icelandic sár
- sókn - see Old Norse sóknbára
- stampr - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål stamp
- skin (“shine”) - see Old Norse tunglskin
- spói - see Icelandic spói
- stulka - see Icelandic stúlka
- skæva - see Finnish käydä
- svarfa - see Norwegian Nynorsk svarva
- skjófa, skúfa - see Proto-Germanic *skeubaną
- skúfr - possible missing sense from Icelandic skúfur?
- sil - see Proto-Germanic *silāną
- slag, slagr - see Proto-Germanic *slagiz
- strind - see Proto-Finnic *rinta
- stikka - etymon of Swedish sticka (Etymology 1)
- stika - etymon of Swedish sticka (Etymology 2)
- skítr - see Norwegian Nynorsk skit
- skjúta - see English skit
- starblinder - Old East Scandinavian, see Proto-Germanic *starablindaz (“completely blind”)
- sǫlr - see Old Norse sǫl
- sóta - see Proto-Finnic *sota
- skap - see Icelandic skap
- skáp - see Proto-Germanic *skapą
- stytta/stynta - see Icelandic stytta
- sefa - etymon of Icelandic sefa
- sýnask - see Danish synes
- síz, siz, sítz - see sízt
- svirla, sverra - see English swirl
- stumpr (“stump”) - see English stump
T, t
[edit]- tindr - etymon of Norwegian tind
- Trums (“Tromsøya”) - etymon of Tromsø
- tjǫrr
- toppr - top?
- torfskeri - torf + skera, a turf-cutting spade, ancestor of English tuskar, tusker, tushker and Faroese torvskeri
- tylft
- tæpr (adjective) and tæpe (verb)
- trúfastr
- tað
- tjarn - from the etymology of Norwegian tjern
- troll, trǫll - see *truzlą
- talma
- tíðendi
- tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix)
- tenda - etymon of Norwegian "tenne"
- tólfræð - see Old Norse hundrað
- tíræð - see Old Norse hundrað
- tíu-tíu - see Old Norse hundrað
- tafsa - etymon of Swedish tafsa
- tóra - etymon of Norwegian Nynorsk tore (to give a weak fire)
- til samans - see Proto-Germanic *samana
- turn - see Danish tårn
- teikn - see Icelandic teikn
- tempra - see Old Norse tempran
- -tján - see Old Norse tvítján
- teningr, tenningr - see Norwegian Bokmål terning
- Tólóm, Tólár - see Norwegian Nynorsk Tolo
- táta - see Norwegian Nynorsk tåte
- teppi - see Icelandic teppi
Þ, þ
[edit]- þinarr
- þǫkk
- þrœndir, þrœndr - etymon of trønder
- þol
- Þorvaldr
- þrifla
- þúsund - thousand
- þrasir, þrasa - see Dolgþrasir
- þangat, þengat, þagat, þegat, þingat - see Icelandic þangað
- Þotka - see Tokke
- þollr - see Old Norse hár
- þinglogi
- þang, þongull - see Icelandic þang
- þaðra - see Old Norse þaðan
- þjukkr - see Finnish tiukka (“tight”)
- þurla - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål tulle (“to kid, joke”)
- þeysa - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål tøyse (“to kid, joke”)
- þrútr - etymon of Norwegian Bokmål trut (“mouth”)
- þrútna - etymon of Swedish trut (“mouth”)
U, u
[edit]- ūr - from the etymology jūra
- urð
- umhyggja
- ulfliðr
- ugla - etymon of Norwegian ugle
- urt - herb
- ulfaldi or úlfaldi - first spelling see Proto-Germanic *ulbanduz; second spelling see Icelandic úlfaldi
- upp á - see á
- ups - etymon of Norwegian ufs (“rock wall”)
Ú, ú
[edit]- úsæll - etymon of Danish ussel
- úvinr - etymon of Norwegian uvenn
- út (“out”)
- úti (“outside”)
- Útgarðaloki, Útgarðar - see Old Norse Útgarða-Loki
- úfr - see Norwegian Nynorsk úv'e (“uvula”)
- úr - see Latvian jūra
V, v
[edit]- várkunn - mercy?
- várkynna - have mercy? See Swedish varkunna, Norwegian Nynorsk vårkunne.
- verjar
- vald
- várr herra (“(Christian) God; our Lord”) - etymon for Norwegian vårherre, according to the Norwegian Academy Dictionary
- vernd
- verð - worth?
- verðugr - worthy?
- vígsla
- vara - Norwegian Nynorsk vare
- -vindr - related to the name Eyvindr
- vík (“cove, wick”), Vík
- vinstri (“left”)
- vǫldugr
- vigr (“spear”)
- verkr (“worker; doer”) - missing sense? See Bǫlverkr (“evildoer”)
- varða - blue but missing sense? See varða
- varði - blue but missing sense? See varði
- vatna - see Icelandic vatna
- víti - see Icelandic víti
- vagn - see Norwegian Bokmål vogn
- vagna, vagnhvalr - see Norwegian Bokmål vagn
- víka, víkja - see Norwegian Bokmål vike
- víkva - see Faroese víkja
- vǫndull - see Icelandic vöndull, Norwegian Nynorsk vondul
- wrangʀ/vrangr - see Proto-Germanic *wrangaz for first spelling and Old Norse rangr for the second
- vrong - see Galician varenga
- vaga - see Norwegian Nynorsk vagga
- vakna - see Norwegian Bokmål våkne
- vekva - see Old Norse vaka
- val- - see Proto-Germanic *walhaz
- Valland - see Old Norse valskr
- valr (“Romance-speaking foreigner”) - missing sense from Old Norse valskr
- valhaukr - see Old Norse valr
- var- - see Old Norse van-
- vétt - see Old Norse ᚢᛁᛐᚢᚭᚴᛁ (uituąki)
- vaskr - see Old Norse vaskleikr
- vaf - see Old Norse vefja
- váfa - see Norwegian Nynorsk Vefsn
- ve, veilindi and úheill - see Old Norse veill
- viðja - see Finnish vitja
- vitja - etymon of Icelandic vitja
- *vella - see Proto-Germanic *wellaną - etymology 2
- veltiligr - see Old Norse velta
- vermi - see Old Norse verma
- -viðri - see Old Norse veðr
- Vínland - see English Vinland
- víta - see etymology 2 Old English wītan
- vit (“wit, understanding”) - missing sense from Old Norse vitleysa
- værr, alværð, alvara - all mentioned in Proto-Germanic *wēraz
- vængi - see English wing
- vættr - see Old Norse vættki
- vígja, Óðinsvé - see Old Norse vé
- veig - see Icelandic veig
- víðga - see Old Norse víðka
- Vǫlundarkviða - see Old Norse Vǫlundr
- vexa - see Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną
- venda - etymon of Icelandic venda
- verk - etymon of Faroese verk
- veðja - see Proto-Germanic *wadjōną
- vás (“toil, fatigue, from bad weather”) - see Proto-Finnic *väsüdäk (“to tire”)
- væstr (“worn out by wet and toil”) - see Proto-Finnic *väsüdäk (“to tire”)
- valka, válka - see Proto-Germanic *walkōną
- Virland (“Virumaa, Estonia”) - mentioned in Wikipedia article "Virumaa"
- Vaka/Vǫku - see Norwegian Nynorsk Vuku
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[edit]- ȳra - from the etymology jūra
- ýla
- -yla - see Proto-Germanic *-ilǭ (Though it might actually be -la instead of -yla?)
- yrmi - see Proto-Germanic *wurmiz
- yrmla - etymon of Norwegian Nynorsk yrme/yrmle
- yfir- - see Old Norse yfirengill
- ylja - see Old Norse verma
- yppast - see Norwegian Bokmål yppe
- -ynja - see Old Norse ásynja
- yrja - see Proto-Germanic *uzjǭ